LAGUARDIA v. TOMPKINS INV. GROUP, INC.

No. 97-570.

715 So.2d 1057 (1998)

John LAGUARDIA, etc., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. TOMPKINS INVESTMENT GROUP, INCORPORATED, et al., Appellee/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal K. Litchford and Brian S. Adler of Litchford & Christopher, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee John Laguardia.

J. Stephen McDonald of Robertson, Williams & McDonald, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Thomas N. Tompkins and TompkinsInvestment Group, Inc.

William G. Osborne, Orlando, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Kenneth G. Dixon.


ANTOON, Judge.

John Laguardia appeals the final order awarding attorney's fees to Thomas N. Tompkins pursuant to a prevailing party attorney's fee provision contained in the parties' settlement agreement. Tompkins, chief executive officer of Tompkins Investment Group, Inc. (TIGI), incurred these fees in defending a civil contempt action for refusing to comply with a court order which required Tompkins to account for all of TIGI's assets. We reverse the award because...

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